GM Meeting Summary Report for August 20th, 2025

TO: All Members of Local Union 2251

FROM: Mike Da Prat, President

RE: General Membership Meeting Summary Report for August 20th, 2025

The following notes represent my personal summary of the August General Membership Meeting and ARE NOT OFFICIAL MINUTES. They are for the express purpose of keeping the members informed in a timely fashion. Since minutes must be approved at a subsequent General Membership Meeting, any updates which would require the use of the actual minutes would result in updates being one-month old.

The following was approved at the August meeting:

Minutes of the July 16th, 2025 meeting
The financial statement ending July 2025 and the disbursements of $168,178.21. Our disbursements were in excess of our receipts by $36,291.96. This resulted in our General Account being positive by $113,299.31.

MANNING REPORT FOR August 1st, 2025

LOCAL 2251 1891

LOCAL 2724 440

EXEMPT 114

EXTERNAL 5

TOTAL 2450

The following motions were approved:

1) Motion – Approved a donation of $1095.00 to sponsor the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Recognition Book.

2) Motion - Approved a donation to Algoma Autism Foundation to help with funding to install a wheelchair-accessible swing at Bellevue Park.

3) Motion - Approved a donation of $1000.00 to sponsor the Fall Kids Fishing Day for Children 14 and under to be held at the Kinsmen Park.

4) Motion - Approved that the Local Union provide a $300.00 gift card to Wayne Hubbard.

Committee Report

- The Apprenticeship Committee, Health and Safety Committee and the WSIB Committee all made reports at the meeting.

President Report

- Mike gave a brief update on staffing at Algoma Steel

- He also gave an update on Innocent Absenteeism and what has been happening in the plant

- Mike gave a report on the lawsuit with the Group Health Centre. We had just received the decision on the motion before

Judge Madam Justice K.E. Cullin. Mike read off the judge's decision to the member and there was a short discussion about

what the order meant for Local 2251.

- Mike read a letter that was sent to A.J. Pettalia regarding the medical forms that our members are being asked to get their

physician to fill out.

The next General Membership Meeting will be held on September 17th, 2025 at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7:30 pm.

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By Ruth Morley • October 27, 2025

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By Ruth Morley • October 17, 2025

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